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SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1982

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REPORT ON 1981 POPULATION CENSUS

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A REPORT ON THE BASIC RESULTS OF THE 1981 POPULATION CENSUS WAS PUBLISHED TODAY (SUNDAY).

THE REPORT, ENTITLED +HONG KONG 1981 CENSUS - BASIC TABLES+, CONSISTS OF 26 CROSS-TABULATIONS COVERING A WIDE RANGE OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION.

+THE 'BASIC TABLES' IS THE FIRST PUBLISHED CENSUS REPORT WHICH IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SOME COMPREHENSIVE AND USEFUL INFORMATION ON THE POPULATION. DETAILED ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE CENSUS RESULTS ARE NOT ATTEMPTED IN THIS REPORT. THIS WILL BE PRESENTED IN THE MAIN REPORT OF THE CENSUS TO BE PUBLISHED LATER THIS YEAR, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID.

THE CENSUS WAS CONDUCTED IN MARCH 1981 TO OBTAIN DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION.

INFORMATION COVERED BY THE BASIC TABLES' INCLUDES SUCH ITEMS AS AGE AND SEX, PLACE OF BIRTH AND PLACE OF ORIGIN, MARRIAGE, FERTILITY, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, SCHOOLING, FIELD OF EDUCATION, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY STATUS, OCCUPATION, INDUSTRY, HOURS OF WORK, INCOME, AND VARIOUS HOUSEHOLD AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS.

THE REPORT IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT CONNAUGHT PLACE AT $6 A COPY.

CLEARWAYS IN WAN CHAI ***

CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS WILL BE IMPOSED ON A NUMBER OF ROADS IN WAN CHAI FROM 10 AM ON TUESDAY (MAY 4).

A SECTION OF THE WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY ON HENNESSY ROAD BETWEEN TIN LOK LANE AND JOHNSTON ROAD AND A SECTION OF THE WESTBOUND KERBSIDE LANE ON GLOUCESTER ROAD 10 METRES WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH STEWART ROAD WILL BE DESIGNATED AS URBAN CLEARWAYS.

ALL MOTOR VEHICLES, EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES, WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO STOP FOR PASSENGERS OR GOODS FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM AND FROM 4 PM TO 7 PM DAILY.

AT THE SAME TIME, SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY ALONG HENNESSY ROAD FROM LEE GARDEN ROAD TO JARDINE'S BAZAAR AND FROM TIN LOK LANE TO STEWART ROAD WILL BE DESIGNATED AS PLB CLEARWAYS FROM 7 AM TO 12 MIDNIGHT DAILY. WHERE ALL PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO STOP FOR PASSENGERS.

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